literal meanings; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade" extended meanings; incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose" incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate
disapproval If you say that someone is inflexible, you are criticizing them because they refuse to change their mind or alter their way of doing things. His opponents viewed him as stubborn, dogmatic, and inflexible. flexible + inflexibility in·flex·ibil·ity Joyce was irritated by the inflexibility of her colleagues
Something that is inflexible cannot be altered in any way, even if the situation changes. Workers insisted the new system was too inflexible = rigid flexible + inflexibility in·flex·ibil·ity The snag about an endowment mortgage is its inflexibility